Purifying system for mausoleums.



F. J. HERMAN. PURII'YING SYSTEM FOR MAUSOLEUMS.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.12.1913. 1,1 19,957. Patented Dec.8,1914.

WITNIESSES 910. mm

FRANK J. HERMAN, OF TOLEDO. OHIO PURIFYING SYSTEM FOR MAUSOLEUMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

Application filed December 12, 1913. $erial No. 806,332.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK J. HERMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Toledo, in the county ofl uias and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Pu1-ifyingSystem for'Mausoleuins; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the. accompanyingdrawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to purifying sys terns for niausoleums, but is not restricted to such use as it may he used in any connection forwhich it may be adapted or appropriate.

The object of my invention is the pro- Yision of an improved system of this chain actor, the disinfectant receptacles of which for each of tlie seriesfof crypts are located at of a mausoleum with a plurality ofcrypts disposed one above-the other and with e side wall of such crypts removed to show the piping of the purifying system in full. Fig.

2 IS an inner end view of a portion of such structure showing the arrangement of the piping for the purifyingsystem, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of one of the disinfectant containers and its manner of mounting.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates each of a plurality of superimposed crypts of a mausoleum, each of Which-has one end closed, in the present instance, by two slabs 2 and 3, which are disposed in spaced lgelation to proride a chamber 4 therebetween. The inner or main slab 2 isusually of concrete and the outer slab 3 of marble, but it will he understood that these slabs may be made of any material, as desired.

.Located within each cha n'iher 4, or in a desired number thereof, is a container 5 for a disinfecting or purifying liquid and each of such containers has communication through a pipe 6 with the interior of the associated crypt, asshown at 7, and each pipe 6 has it drainage pipe 8, leading downwardly therefrom into a pit or drainage part 9 at the bottom of the mausoleum structure, in which pit may be located sand or other suitable material.

The pipes 6 preferably open into the crypts through the bottoms thereof so that in addition to providing an escape passage for gases which may accumulate within the crypts, they also serve as drainage means for liquid which may seep from bodies reclining within the crypt. Itis found that this seepage from bodies is quite marked when death occurs from dropsy or similar diseases. it is therefore important to proride an outlet for such liquid. It will'be noted that each pipe 6 inclines in both direc- Lions toward its drainage pipe 8. The drainage pipes 8 are preferably located in the side -w lls of the-superimposed crypts, and the pipes (3 are located in the respective floor slabs of the crypts with a portion extending longitudina-lly'oi' the slab to have connection with the associated pipe 8 and with the end portions thereof extending inwardly with the end terminal adjacent to the center or the associated crypt and the other end terminal within one side portion of the associated chamber 4-. as shown in Fig. 2. I The container 5, which is associated with each crypt, is in the form of an inverted bottle with its neck portion 10 provided with u restricted passage 11 therethrough and adapted to lit at its lower or free end into an upstanding elbow-or socket. 12 provided vided with 'a central opening 15 into the re 25 of liquid from the container.

ceptacle, such opening being removably closed by a stopper member 16. A filtering agent, in the present nstance, comprising a layer or oakum 17 and over that a layer of 5 sand 18, is disposed in the lower portion of the container with the oakum extending down into the inlet end of the passage 11. The oakum or other suitable material 17 is of a nature to retard the flow of liquid therethrough to a greater extent than the sand or other filtering material 18, and it is found that a very efficient flow of liquid for the purpose desired is accomplished by the use of the materials named. v A rod or wire member 19 extends down ,through an aperture in the stopper 17 to near the neck portion of the container and has its lower end preferably forked, as indicated at 20, to adapt it to serve as an agitat- 20 ing means for the oakum or material 17 or having the position of its lower end adjusted relative to the inlet end of the passage 11 to regulate the flow of the liquid.

it is evident that the container 5 may be readily inspected by removing the door slabs 3 for such purpose, and that when a container is empty it may be removed and another one substituted therefor. evident that the slow percolating of the purifying liquid through the material in the lo\ver end of the container and its passage and thence through the pipes 6 and 8 provides a very ellicient purifying means for structures of the character described and obviates one of the objectionable and distasteful features of such structures.

1 wish it understood that my invention is not limited to any specific construction or It is also arrangement of the parts except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 'latent, is,'

1. In a mausoleum, a crypt, spaced closure members for an end of the crypt forming a chamber therebetween, a container for a purifying liquid disposed within said chamber and having provision for the slow feeding of a liquid therefrom, and means opening communication between said container and the interior of the crypt and having a drainage part.

2. In-a mausoleum, a crypt, spaced clo; sure members for an end of the crypt forming a chamber therebetween, means opening communication between the bottom of said chamber and the interior of the crypt and having a drainage part, and a container for a purifying liquid disposed within said chamber and having removable connection with said means and permitting a slow feed ing of liquid therein.

3. In a mausoleum, spaced closures for a crypt thereof forming a chamber therebetween, drainage means from the lower end of said" chamber having an upstanding socket part in communication with the chamber and a part in communication with a crypt of the mausoleum, a container for a purifying liquid disposed Within said chamber and having its lower end restricted to form" a neck for fitting into said socket, said neck having a restricted drainage passage therethrough from the interior of the container, means in the bottom portion of the container for permitting a slow flow of liquid therefrom, and means for regulating such flow.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK J. HERiSIAN.

W'itnesses:

P. D. l vAGNER, E. E. THOMAS. 

